War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

Quote by John Stuart Mill

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Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and...

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and...

All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of...

All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of...

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they...

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they...

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of...

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of...

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be...

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be...

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is...

Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense...

No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense...

The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to...

The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

Liberty consists in doing what one desires

Liberty consists in doing what one desires

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a...

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy...

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy...

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount...

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount...

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in...

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in...